This week we catch up on Brock and Aaron. Both arriving home from their prospective trips abroad. Brock talks about diving into the deep end of the pool that is Mtn Bike Oregon and Aaron wonders if he could’ve got a bubble machine.

Welcome home Brock, and happy birthday!

Thanks to our beverage sponsor, The Beer Mongers (don’t forget to look for the photoset of the cyclocross team), and, as always, thanks to our generous Patreon donors that keep us going!

note: there was some software issues. Aaron lost all the original audio and had to use our backup file. He didn’t have much time to edit it, but he got something resembling an episode.

Brock & Aaron are both out of town, but you’re in good hands, since people you’ve met before ARE actually flying this thing. Eva from Clever Cycles is this week’s guest! Thanks to our fantastic ghost hosts, Guthrie Straw and Steph Routh!

In this episode we cover:

– The future of cargo biking. (Or as Portlander’s call it “getting to where I’m going”)

I’m brining you all headlines and mail first because it’s impossible to cut anything from the interview-proper and as one file I ended up with 1h40m. So, for the sake of bandwith (yours and mine) I’m giving you 2 for the price of one.

–DRT PORTLAND, OCTOBER 17TH, 2015. Portland cyclists are called to test their navigation, problem solving and load-hauling mettle on October 17th, 2015 in a disaster drill designed to showcase the relevance of cargo bikes to disaster relief. In addition to being a challenge for riders, the DRT will serve as an exercise for other aspects of community disaster response such as Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams (NET), local Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), and the newly developed Oregon Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST).

For those of you who aren’t already fans of Tim’s podcast The PedalShift Project, you’re in for a treat. In this podcaster’s humble opinion, as far as touring-focused podcasts go, this is the most informative and insightful. However, we pretty much talk about everything under the sun EXCEPT bike touring. You can’t cage the conversational beast, you just have to let it run.

Also in the studio we welcome back Guthrie Straw of Pedaldream. Man, if this guy doesn’t end up with a podcast of his own someday, it’ll be a damn shame.

OH! Did I forget Delani? Aaron brings us naming oportunities! (you’ll get it once you listen to the show)